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"Even a fool is wise who knows when to keep his mouth shut" -Proverbs "I know it's a much better decision to shut yo' mouth When you don't know what you talkin
by cl0rkster 6y ago
"Even a fool is wise who knows when to keep his mouth shut" -Proverbs
"I know it's a much better decision to shut yo' mouth
When you don't know what you talkin' 'bout
Than to validate what everybody already thinks of you" -Hip hop
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoI don't really care what my classmates think of me. I'm not there to make them happy. I'm there to learn. If I don't understand a subject "to the bone," I am quite tenacious about finding out what makes it tick; even if that means bothering a content expert teacher with questions about fundamentals. The results speak for themselves. I also don't shame or humiliate others; even if they seem to be "intellectually lazy," or willfully ignorant. I get absolutely no benefit from that attitude. None whatsoever. In fact, learning to shame and humiliate others makes me a pretty shoddy team member. No one wants to work with someone that will jump on their weak points and won't help them to fulfill their potential.
- rumanator 6y ago> I don't really care what my classmates think of me. I'm not there tomake them happy. That remark shows a complete lack of understanding of your situation, your best interests, and social awareness. In the very least, your role is to ensure your peers don't become a roadblock on your path to progress. The least you should aim for is to leverage your classmates as facilitators by helping you lower the difficulty curve. By completely disregarding your classmates you are effectively doing the stupidest thing you could do, other than antagonizing both the student body and teachers: make your life harder just because you are totally oblivious to the importance of living in society
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoI have no idea why you made that post.
- cl0rkster 6y agoI should have added context. I just believe there ARE SUCH THINGS as intelligent questions that show a desire to learn.
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- jerf 6y agoI have some regrets in my college experience, but this is definitely not one of them. Ask questions. It's like a cheat code; you're getting twice the education that someone who doesn't ask questions is, because you walk away with a comprehensive, integrated understanding of a topic but they walk away with one shot full of random holes. Plus, if you're wondering it, so is half the class. There was only a couple of occasions where it turned out I was on a very idiosyncratic path and decided to just let it go. Most of the time the class is nodding along at the question.